Wai! ~glomps Runic~ I love you! You were my first feedback! ~glompglompglomp~ *.* ~bounces around because she's hyper/happy~ Hn... Ok! I have to start the fic! (still no lemon T_T) AN: ~takes a deep breath~ OK!

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~sighs~ Ok, I'm done. Tralalalala...I feel kind of bad for Tohru though...@.@ Ok...no I don't...BUT! I would most likely go insane if I had to put up with those three all the time...ok so I lie @_@ Well!! On vith zhe ficciez!


+SHARING+

Honda Tohru hummed happily as she picked out different foods at the grocery store. She had decided to cook dinner for the three cousins for being so
considerate.


She gasped as she spotted a cart that had fortune cookies on it.


"Oh! How cute!"


+


Shigure and Ayame watched intently as Tohru picked up everything on her
grocery list.


"Aya..." Gure began skeptically. "Why again are we watching her pick up
groceries?"

Aya glared mockingly at Shigure. "You know why! So no one will try to take
my little flower away!"

Gure's eyebrows rose questioningly. "Don't you mean...our little flower?"

"Yes!" Ayame began in a magical tone. "She is all ours!" Twinkle, sparkle,
twinkle.


"Oh!" Tohru exclaimed in the distance.


Shigure's ears perked up. "Was that a moan I heard?"


"Nope." Ayame began. "It was just Tohru bending over to pick up some--"

Aya was pushed out of the way as Shigure made his way to stare at Tohru.


"OoOoh!" Shigure grinned evilly. "White panties. How...innocent."


Ayame recognized the predatory look in Shigure's eyes and decided to
distract him before the inu tried to pull something serious.


"Ah! Look at the hot girl in the mini skirt!" Aya exclaimed.


Every guy at the grocery store turned and looked, except Gure.

"Gure," Ayame began to shake the inu by his shoulders, attempting to get
his attention.


Tohru had dropped something else and was again bending over to get it,
white panties flashed to everyone.

Shigure groaned inwardly. 'Ugh, she's so...sexy in that naive way. Kuso...'
He finally got so annoyed with Ayame that he turned around.


"What do you want?" He growled out.


Aya sweatdropped. "Well, Gure, you were so absorbed with our little
flower's panties that you seemed to be walking unconciously."

Shigure blinked and looked down. His hand was about ten inches away from
Tohru's tush. He was ready to sweat a river.


"Eheh..."


Tohru finally stood up and noticed the two Sohma's. "Oh! Ayame-san and Shigure-san! Why are you here? I hope you weren't worried about me! I would
hate you to-"

As Tohru continued her rambling apologies the inu and hebi tried to think
of an excuse.


A light bulb popped up in Shigure's mind.

"Why, little Tohru-kun, we came to walk you home! We didn't want you to be kidnapped or taken from us!" The novelist replied silkily, putting his arm
around her shoulders gently.


"Oh, yes!" Ayame grinned. "You're too important to be taken away!" The
tailor's comment came out smooth as he wrapped an arm around the
rice ball's waist.


"Ahem..." The cashier Tohru had come to inerrupted.


"Oh!" Tohru cried. "Gomen nasai!" She placed all her groceries
on the cashier's table.

Gure glared at the cashier and growled quietly, a dark look descending upon the man whom dared to interfere; while Aya just held onto his little flower
tighter and remained happy.


Tohru was as happy as she'd ever been walking home with two of her new
roommates.


+

Hatori sighed as he opened his apartment door. He was about ready to drop
he was so tired. He had been in a rush that day say he wouldn't have to leave Tohru alone with the inu and hebi for too long. Hopefully it worked.

Hatori blinked. There was no one in the living room and he didn't hear any
voices.


"This is..." Hatori looked around skeptically. "odd..."

'Oh no!' The dragon's thoughts raced to what could've happened. 'What if
they tried to...!!'


First Hatori ran to Shigure's room. No one there. He sighed, then remembered Aya. He raced to the snake's room. There was no sign of anyone
having been there.


"What is going on...?" Then it hit him. "They wouldn't!!"

The doctor ran to his own room and came to a screeching halt right outside
of his bedroom.


He heard giggling noises and relaxed a little. 'Maybe it's not what I
thought--'


"Ah!" A feminine voice, uniquely Tohru's. sounded from inside the room.
"Shigure...s-stop! I couldn't do th-that!" The rice ball squealed.

A jolt of realization coursed through Hatori's mind. All the things they could force her to do, she's only a girl against two twenty-seven year old
men. The dragon grasped the door handle and slammed it open.


"Stop--" Hatori paused in his outburst to take in the scene before him.

Tohru was half way in Shigure's lap and half way in Ayame's. She had her
hands over her face as the dog and snake were pointing out things in a picture album. Every once in a while she would peek through her hands then
squeal to cover them again.

"Oh c'mon Tohru-kun!" Shigure began gleefully. "Don't you wanna see our old
pictures?"

Tohru blushed deeper as she looked at Shigure. "H-hai, Shigure-san, but I
don't think Hatori would be happy i--"


All talking and playing stopped as the three friends looked over to the
newest installment.


Hatori walked over to them, glaring. (Mostly at Shigure.) "Exactly what pictures are you showing to Tohru-kun?" If looks could have killed, Shigure
would be a puddle on the floor by now.


Gure laughed nervously. So did Aya.

"Tori! They're only some old high school pictures!" The serpent exclaimed brightly. "And who wouldn't want to see those pictures? They're filled with good times!" Ayame ended his comment with a glint in his eye and sparkly
shoujo bubbles floating around him. (again *.*)

And then the two cousins were forced out of the doctors room. Hatori sighed heavily as he picked up the photo album. He inhaled sharply as he saw the
pictures they had been presenting to the younger girl.


"H-Hatori-san?" Tohru stammered out, cautiosly.


The dragon sighed again. "Yes?"

"I hope I didn't make you angry--I just- just--" The rice ball burst into tears as she just thought about the dragon being angry with her. He'd been
so scary earlier when he'd been mad at Ayame.


Hatori calmly made his way over to Tohru and patted her head. "It's alright..." He bent his legs a little so he was eye to eye with the rice
ball, then asked, "Daijoubu?"


Tohru nodded then hugged him. 'Hatori-san is so kind...' She smiled
contentedly as he hugged her back. '...and warm...'


+


"Dinner's ready!" Tohru's sweet voice echoed through the apartment.


Gure was the first to reach the table. He'd been smelling his flower's
wonderful cooking all night. "Oh! Our little flower's home cooked meal could smell no sweeter! It is as if she poured her pure heart and soul into
it."


Ayame and Hatori came to sit down also, as Tohru began placing all the
dishes on the table.


"Ahh!" Aya breathed. "Gure is right! This is the best food I have ever
seen!"


Tohru blushed and ate in silence, as did Hatori.


+


After dinner a problem arose. Where was Tohru to sleep?


There were only three rooms and the cousins refused to let their little
flower sleep on the couch.


Shigure grinned evilly. "She always welcome in my room..."


Ayame grinned also. "Oh, yes! I would never mind if she wished to sleep
with me!"


"Enough!" Hatori glared at the two. "She will not sleep in a room with
either of you!"


Tohru looked down at the floor and blushed. She didn't want to cause so
much trouble...


"But, Tori!" Aya began in a chipper tone. "I have an extra futon in my
room! I can sleep on that and little Tohru-kun can sleep in my bed!"


Neither of the other two cousins were very happy about this, but they
figured it was the best way.


'This...' Hatori sighed mentally. 'is going to be a long night.'


+

Tohru slept soundly on Ayame's bed. It had been a long day for her and she
need as much sleep as possible.


Ayame stared at her from the futon. 'She's so peaceful...'


The younger shivered and attempted to pull more covers onto herself.

'Hmm?' Ayame thought. 'She's cold. It wouldn't hurt if she had more body
heat, would it?'

The snake snickered as he climbed into bed with Tohru. He wrapped his arms
around her and sighed happily.


It was gonna be another long day tomorrow.


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Waaaah! ~cries~ Not that many people sent me feedback last time
~crysobweep~ And I'm sorry for making this short, but I have a big day
today @.@ ~sniffle~ Only a few people like my story! . ~pouts in a
corner~


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